Some two months ago, Congressman Tess, of Ohio> introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, asking for an appropriation of 500,000 dollars to inaugurate the work of establishing a national university. According to the bill, the object of the proposed university is, "to advance science and the fine arts, to train men and women for posts of responsibility in public and private service, to cooperate with the government's scientific bureaus, and to work in conjunction with public and private institutions of learning of the country." Its object, as outlined in the bill, is good and praiseworthy. But the question arises, whether such a university is desirable, whether it would be a real benefit to the country.
A national university would not prove an educational benefit, and it is not only not desirable, but it is a decided menace, a peril, national in its scope, and far-reaching in its consequences.
A national university is not desirable. Consider the drain on the national treasury. An appropriation of half a million dollars is small,one might almost say, insignificant, compared with other expenditures of Congress. But the expenses would not cease here. The university would have to be maintained in keeping with its impor-
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COLLEGEVTLLE,STEARNS COUNTY, MINN ESOTA.
Vol. XXVII
1914 Number 5
A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Some two months ago, Congressman Tess, of Ohio> introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, asking for an appropriation of 500,000 dollars to inaugurate the work of establishing a national university. According to the bill, the object of the proposed university is, "to advance science and the fine arts, to train men and women for posts of responsibility in public and private service, to cooperate with the government's scientific bureaus, and to work in conjunction with public and private institutions of learning of the country." Its object, as outlined in the bill, is good and praiseworthy. But the question arises, whether such a university is desirable, whether it would be a real benefit to the country.
A national university would not prove an educational benefit, and it is not only not desirable, but it is a decided menace, a peril, national in its scope, and far-reaching in its consequences.
A national university is not desirable. Consider the drain on the national treasury. An appropriation of half a million dollars is small,one might almost say, insignificant, compared with other expenditures of Congress. But the expenses would not cease here. The university would have to be maintained in keeping with its impor-
